College Basketball News

UConn-Creighton ends in scuffle over ‘expensive’ dunk

Mar 15, 2025, 01:22 AM ET NEW YORK CITY– A scuffle broke out at the end of Creighton’s success over UConn in the Big East competition semifinals Friday night after […]

Duke’s Flagg ‘doing much better’ but out for ACC last

David HaleMar 14, 2025, 11:42 PM ET Close College football reporter.Joined ESPN in 2012. Graduate of the University of Delaware.CHARLOTTE, NC– Duke made it through a relentless surface versus rival […]

Flagg officially a no go for Duke’s semi vs

Mar 14, 2025, 05:24 PM ET Top-ranked Duke was without star freshman Cooper Flagg for Friday night’s ACC competition semifinal against competing North Carolina, with the Blue Devils officially ruling […]

Iowa dismisses coach McCaffery after 15 seasons

Jeff Borzello Close Jeff Borzello ESPN Staff Writer Basketball recruiting insider. Signed up with ESPN in 2014. Graduate of University of Delaware.Mar 14, 2025, 02:01 PM ET Iowa coach Fran […]

‘Special’ Haggerty ratings 42, Memphis advances

Mar 14, 2025, 04:19 PM ET FORT WORTH, Texas– Memphis coach Cent Hardaway was speaking from experience with his message to standout guard PJ Haggerty before the start of the […]

USF plans training search, ‘grateful’ for Fletcher

Mar 14, 2025, 03:24 PM ET TAMPA, Fla.– South Florida will carry out a national search for a brand-new men’s basketball coach after Ben Fletcher filled the role on an […]

‘You do not hang banners for milestones’: Tom Izzo adapts and

Adam RittenbergMar 14, 2025, 07:19 AM ET Close College football press reporter; signed up with ESPN in 2008. Graduate of Northwestern University.EAST LANSING, Mich.– Tom Izzo has a complex relationship […]

UK’s Oweh beats buzzer, burns ex-team OU again

Mar 14, 2025, 02:41 AM ET Otega Oweh stuck it to his former school again.Oweh, who was the second-leading scorer on Oklahoma last season before moving to Kentucky, drained a […]

Texas’ prospective quote contributes to ‘historic’ SEC season

NASHVILLE, Tenn.– Texas’ exhilarating double-overtime success over No. 14 Texas A&M in the SEC tournament on Thursday assisted position the Longhorns for a possible at-large bid in the NCAA tournament.Texas […]

McCaffery ejected on ’em otional’ night for Iowa

Mar 13, 2025, 10:32 PM ET INDIANAPOLIS– Iowa coach Fran McCaffery would have chosen to bid goodbye to his seniors in front of the crowd Thursday night.Instead, his second-half ejection […]